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Posted: 30 June 2008 07:12 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Can anyone recommend someone that can remove bats from my home?

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Posted: 30 June 2008 08:47 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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It is difficult finding someone to get rid of bats for you because no one will kill them.  I used to have them in the house when I lived in Catonsville, MD. What we were instructed to do was to let a rodent bomb off in the attick of our home just as the sun starts to go down.  We stood outside and waited for it to go off.  When it did, hundreds of bats flew out of the eaves of our house.  We waited for the trickle to slow and once we believed they were all out, we used a ladder and put screens up at the eaves of our roof.  For the next couple of weeks we found stragglers in the house that didn’t make it out, but once they stopped showing up, we didn’t have any more problems. 

Oh, one more thing we did, was we bought a bat house.  There really is such a thing. Just looks like a wooden box with openings at the bottom and each house can hold up to 50 or so bats.  We placed that on the big tree in our yard, and we really did notice them using it.  They stopped residing in our house and took up real estate in the bat house. So I recommend you get one of those.  They are disgusting to have in the house, but really good to have around your house.  They kill all the “bad” bugs you don’t want to share your yard with, so I highly recommend the bat house!

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Posted: 30 June 2008 10:21 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Posted: 30 June 2008 11:40 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Twisted - thanks for the information. I’m finding out a lot about bats and they are interesting! I don’t want to harm them...I do like to sit outside and watch them in the evenings. I just don’t want bat poo in my attic. Here’s something I learned..you are not allowed to “exterminate” bats. You must “exclude” them. You are also not allowed to remove bats from your house from Feb-Sept (it is illegal) but if they are bad enough you can get a “special permit” to get rid of them. I also called someone and they told me it could cost anywhere from $2,000.00 to $10,000.00 to get rid of them!!!! Of course I need to get the $275.00 home inspection first. Maybe I’ll let my husband figure this one out. It’s making my head hurt!

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Posted: 30 June 2008 11:50 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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Pama - 30 June 2008 11:40 AM

Twisted - thanks for the information. I’m finding out a lot about bats and they are interesting! I don’t want to harm them...I do like to sit outside and watch them in the evenings. I just don’t want bat poo in my attic. Here’s something I learned..you are not allowed to “exterminate” bats. You must “exclude” them. You are also not allowed to remove bats from your house from Feb-Sept (it is illegal) but if they are bad enough you can get a “special permit” to get rid of them. I also called someone and they told me it could cost anywhere from $2,000.00 to $10,000.00 to get rid of them!!!! Of course I need to get the $275.00 home inspection first. Maybe I’ll let my husband figure this one out. It’s making my head hurt!

Could always have Mike Rowe come over and do an episode of Dirty Jobs and he can clean all the guano out of your attic.

I two like to watch them fly around, will build a fire and sit back to watch them. When I was in the academy down in New Mexico, I went to Carlsbad Caverns. They have tons of bats in one area and the nightlly fly out is just amazing!!

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Posted: 30 June 2008 12:40 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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chrisjames_71 - 30 June 2008 11:50 AM

Could always have Mike Rowe come over and do an episode of Dirty Jobs and he can clean all the guano out of your attic.

I two like to watch them fly around, will build a fire and sit back to watch them. When I was in the academy down in New Mexico, I went to Carlsbad Caverns. They have tons of bats in one area and the nightlly fly out is just amazing!!

Right after Dirty Jobs is done call Verminators....HAHA!!

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